The federal government has awarded businesses in Kitsap County more than $42 million worth of defense contracts in 2018.

Bremerton-based company Vet Industrial Inc. was awarded a $9 million contract in April to construct a nuclear repair facility at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.

The company will build a multi-story facility with a concrete foundation and steel-framed, reinforced concrete masonry walls. Construction should be completed by November 2019, according to the contract announcement.

The structure will house an environmental laboratory, climate-controlled storage and office spaces. While the facility will not be a nuclear worksite itself, it will support nuclear work at other locations, said PSNS spokesman J.C. Mathews.

Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Northwest selected the veteran-owned small business for the contract out of five received proposals for the job. Project funding was set aside in fiscal year 2017 as a military construction project.

The Bremerton-based division of General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Co. was awarded $33.2 million in January as a modification to a prior contract for repair work on the USS Nimitz, which is currently in the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard for a year of dry dock maintenance.

The Navy has an existing five-year contract with the San Diego-based company for non-nuclear maintenance on Nimitz-class and Ford-class aircraft carriers at the shipyard.

In addition to those contracts, the federal government awarded $400,000 to other local businesses for a variety of defense-related goods and services:

Stripes Medical LLC, a service-disabled veteran-owned small business in Bremerton, was awarded a $24,765 contract with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in January for continuous positive airway pressure masks for the Iowa City VA Medical Center.

Silverdale-based EHB Supply was awarded a $127,353 contract from the Defense Logistics Agency for sleeve bearings in January.

EHB Supply was awarded a $127,233 federal contract from the Defense Logistics Agency for weapons systems resilient mounts in February.

Hansville-based American Bearing and Components LLC was awarded a $27,142 contract in February from the Defense Logistics Agency for self-aligning plain bearings. It was awarded two contracts for annular ball bearings: a $32,136 contract in March and a $35,160 contract in April.

The Washington Army National Guard awarded Ahearn Electric, a company in Bremerton, a $27,303 contract in April for alarm, signal and security detection equipment.

Businesses interested in contracting with the federal government can view a listing of open defense contracts at www.fedbizopps.gov.